DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

Students can’t succeed in math if they’re never exposed to it. And many students never get access to advanced—or even some foundational—math in high school. New federal civil rights data and an ...

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High-achieving Black, Latino and low-income students who pass algebra in the 8th grade — a feat that can set children up for success in college and beyond — still end up taking far fewer advanced high ...

ODESSA, Texas — Senate Bill (SB) 2124 now requires schools to prepare their students for advanced mathematics, with the goal of having a higher percent of students ready for Algebra 1 in the eighth ...

The Boulder Valley School District is looking for ways to provide more equitable access to advanced math classes, as well as improving math instruction overall. “Regardless of what school you are in, ...

A group of middle school girls is puzzling over a pie chart about reading habits in the U.S. Their “math designer” stands at ...

Troy Superintendent Richard Machesky says that, after initial parent pushback, opposition to detracking of math classes in schools like Boulan Park, pictured here, has gone silent. Credit: Amanda J.

Parents of students from a Cambridge, Massachusetts, public school are newly outraged over a 2017 decision made by the school board to end advanced math courses after finding white and Asian children ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — There’s a new state law requiring all middle school students who test in a certain percentile to automatically be put in advanced math classes. The goal? Eliminating the equity gap.

Irate parents are fighting to maintain advanced math classes at a top-rated New York City middle school, the third battle to keep accelerated offerings at a Manhattan school in recent months. The ...

The Palo Alto Unified School District. Photo by Veronica Weber. After years of debating over how the Palo Alto Unified School District should offer advanced math, Superintendent Don Austin announced ...